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My main reason for asking for the unblock is to fix errors in Wikipedia, patrol proposals for deletion and continue my work in the topic area of microtonal music.
 
Most of the issues raised were in a situation where I or another author added substantial new content, spending a long time over it, and another editor suddenly deleted it or nominated it for deletion, with no prior discussion or involvement in the editing.
Most of the issues raised were in a situation where
 
* I or someone else as sole author spent a long time adding content to Wikipedia, following guidelines to best of our ability.
* Another editor suddenly, in a bold edit, removed the content or nominated it for deletion, without prior discussion or editor involvement.
The problems arose when I tried to get it restored or defended it from deletion.
 
ItI israrely raretry thatto Iadd addsubstantial new articlescontent nowadays. MyThe articlelast creationtime list has only one other in thewas two years previously; the rest of my recent article creations are redirects [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Robertinventor&namespace=0&tagfilter=&newOnly=1&start=2015-08-01&end=2017-08-31].
 
ToMy preventplan thisif unblocked is to do most of my substantial editing in themy futureown wikis. If I do anything like that here, I will endeavour to find support of co-editors with diverse views before starting on substantial contentfirst. I also recommend this to friends. This will also help with gray area issues of encyclopedic tone, notability, reliable sources and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view WP:NPOV].
 
AllThis should also help with the issues of verbosity. They were all due to talkmy pageattempts responsesto afterdefend thesematerial from deletion or try to get boldit deletionsrestored. The comments were not off topic. This is not likely to happen again if I take these precautions. I will also continue to work on reducing my word count in talk page conversations.
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* I will use the sandbox to reduce word count - see the note to myself at the head of the talk page.
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If I only answer correct charges, that's my complete appeal. There was no consensus about what I was sanctioned for, and theThe closing admin just wrote: ''"Closing with a consensus towards an indef block, plus my own admin judgment in that direction"''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=855723651#User:Robertinventor,_again]. There was no consensus in the debate about what I was charged with. Most of the charges against me were mistaken. I will answer these as best I can, but please bear in mind I do not wish to edit in these areas any more.
 
However, though I have no intention to return to Mars astrobiology, I probably have to answer that charge to be unblocked and I've answered a couple of others that may be required.
 
Though there were many charges, they were about content added long before the debate. Only the topic ban appeal was new. The Mars article was deleted as a result of a request in that appeal to show my best work outside of the Buddhism topic area[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=854845184].
 
* '''''Contributing an article in March 2017 that contradicts statements in Life on Mars that the Mars surface is known to be sterile [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FModern_Mars_habitability&diff=prev&oldid=855472459], and defending it from deletion.'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=prev&oldid=855483230] When you assess whether this material was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CHEESE WP:CHEESE], please don't use Wikipedia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars#Cumulative_effects] as your only source. For another perspective watch this short (less than two minutes) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-Ycp5llEI official NASA video] and listen to what their planetary protection officer says about Mars organisms. It's the third video on the main overview page for the NASA Office of Planetary Protection[https://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/overview]. I was attempting to prevent removal from Wikipedia of NASA's views, not mine.
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* '''''Selling Wikipedia content on kindle in 2015''''' It was only a few sentences from a deleted section[https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Water+on+Mars&oldid=556727781&use_engine=0&use_links=0&turnitin=0&action=compare&url=http%3A%2F%2Frobertinventor.com%2Fbooklets%2Fpresentdaymarshabitats.html]. Some editors in the debate were unaware that Wikipedia's license permits commercial use[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_LicenseCreative]. I released the booklet under the correct license and attributed Wikipedia with a link back following their guidelines[http://robertinventor.com/booklets/presentdaymarshabitats.html]
 
Although I was suddenly charged with many things in one appeal, they were old charges. I had never been taken to ANI about them before and most of them were about content I added at least a year previously.
 
Only the topic ban appeal was new.
 
If I answer the remaining charges, it will take this well over the recommended 500 word limit, and it is already slightly over, so I will collapse them.
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